Unit 2: US Expansion

Unit 2 Outline:

• Unit 2: US Expansion, Immigration, & Imperialism

  • Section 1: Frontier & the West

    • Intro to US Expansion & the Mexican-American War

    • History of the Frontier/West & Reimagining the Cowboy

    • Western Frontier Economy & Life

    • Western Frontier Policies

    • The Peoples of the West & Contributions/Controversies

    • Native Wars & Legacy 

    • Western Frontier Pop Culture

    • Historiography

  • Section 2: Immigrations

    • Introduction & Immigration Data

    • Push & Pull Factors (With Various Groups)

    • Immigrant Processing, Ellis & Angel Island

    • Immigrant Life: Living, Working, and Daily Experience

    • Immigration Contributions, Controversies

    • Immigration Policy

    • Historiography

  • Section 3: Imperialism

    • Imperialism Background

    • Imperialistic Rationales: Monroe Doctrine, Manifest Destiny, Social Darwinism, etc.

    • Acquiring Alaska & Hawaii

    • The Spanish-American War & Yellow Journalism

    • Banana Republics

    • Anti-Imperialist League

    • Expanding Interests in China, Caribbean, Latin America, and Pacific 

    • Historiography, Test, Research, Essay

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